What book should I start reading Nietzsche?
Nietzsche relies very heavily on previous philosophers, most notably Greek philosophy. Plato and Aristotle (or at the very least Aristotle) would be people to read before Nietzsche. Plato’s Euthyphro and Republic would maybe be the minimum, along with Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics and Poetics.
How do I start understanding Nietzsche?
With Nietzsche, you could start with his first book, The Birth of Tragedy. This is both informative and readable (and short), and gives an insight into his entire project. Then you could cut to his late little books Ecce Homo and The Antichrist.
What are Nietzsche’s most important books?
Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo.
How can I get a better appreciation of Nietzsche?
You get a much richer appreciation of Nietzsche if you are reading him against the background of certain parts of the history of philosophy. Nietzsche himself was not trained in philosophy, he was trained in classics. But that included a great deal of study of ancient Greek philosophy.
Why should I read Nietzsche if I don’t know Kant?
If you don’t know any Kant or Plato or the pre-Socratics, you’re not going to understand a lot of what’s motivating Nietzsche, what he’s reacting against. You get a much richer appreciation of Nietzsche if you are reading him against the background of certain parts of the history of philosophy.
Is Nietzsche’s Genealogy of morals good?
Published shortly after Beyond Good & Evil in 1887, On the Genealogy of Morals is arguably Nietzsche’s masterpiece. In it, Nietzsche develops and explains ideas only cryptically explored in earlier works, laying out his thoughts in an accessible, highly readable tripartite essay form.